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    Ryan Davis was a GameSpot editor and co-founder of Giant Bomb. He was solely responsible for founding batmanbatmanbatman.com and cocainemountain.com, and went by the online nickname of "Taswell." Ryan passed away on July 3, 2013. He is gone but never forgotten. We love you, Ryan.

    "The Ballad of Ryan Davis"

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    #1  Edited By MaddenedMan

    I'm thinking of recording a western ballad; Thought I should see what people think of the lyrics first.

    Yeah it gets cheesy at the end but hey.

    Edit: Here's the finished version (27 May 2014): The Ballad of Ryan Davis (Soundcloud)

    The Ballad of Ryan Davis

    The man named Ryan Davis

    He was half man, half damn SimGolf machine

    But still he's more a man

    Than any other man was or could ever have been

    --

    Papa Bear in yesteryear

    He trotted through time with ease

    The rowb'ts knew his Poké-weakness

    Koffing made him giddy at the knees

    --

    He rode a horse-meet-rider

    Into town when Ghost Fish Was around

    The two met eye to eye despite

    The fact that ghost fish lay upon the ground

    (Break)

    --

    The Ghost fish sniggered loudly

    It said "You can't beat me you know"

    It held an ancient copy

    Of "You can't Stop Mr Domino"

    --

    Ryan wouldn't let this stand

    That game was better than the best

    He decided that until the game was

    Safe Ghost Fish would never rest

    --

    He shouted Hey everyone it's Tuesday

    And it's time to get that fish right outta town

    So he made a Giant Bomb

    And rider-meet-horse, he climbed on down

    (Break)

    --

    The Taswell and the fish they stared

    And on this went for days and days

    Til o'er the hill came Ryan's posse

    Whiskey came and everybody was amaze- d

    --

    He said Batm'n Batm'n Batm'n

    And Whiskey backed their man in the fight

    They fought alongside Davis

    All day, but were victorious in the night

    --

    As if a single victory

    Was not enough to satiate his hungry thirst

    Ryan set out to right the wrongs, but make

    The wrongers laugh their god damn pants off first

    (Break)

    --

    He was the victor against China,

    He had Daytona USA

    He shat all over Game Room,

    And he conquered Dragon Ball Zay…

    --

    He won the Brono Trigger

    He was better than FTL

    He beat Mark of the Ninja

    And had a gentleman's agreement with Saints Row the Third.

    --

    But the final win for Davis

    Was the greatest triumph off the charts

    Unparalleled in everything

    He won all of our souls and all our hearts

    (Break)

    --

    Ryan was a great man

    Leaking happiness right up until the end

    And though many never met him

    We considered him… a friend

    --

    So Thank you Ryan Davis

    You have filled our days and nights with endless glee

    I hope you're up there in the Game Room

    In the Sky enjoying Half Life 3

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    I like it, but only if, the background singers are singing the monday song.

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    Heh, that's great!

    We also need a sea shanty, a corrido, and a doo wop song.

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    @shagge said:

    Heh, that's great!

    We also need a sea shanty, a corrido, and a doo wop song.

    I second this.

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    #5  Edited By MaddenedMan

    Monday in the background is doable, as well as the giant bombcast theme song whistled in one of the breaks.

    Anybody speak Spanish? [Edit: For the corrido]

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    #6  Edited By MaddenedMan
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    #7  Edited By core1065

    :) This made my morning.

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    Mods! Please feature this! This shit is gold! Great job MaddenedMan. Ryan would've liked this.

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    That is amazing.

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    #10  Edited By MaddenedMan

    Thanks duders. It was a rewarding exercise.

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    Can't listen to this until I get home, regardless, I am thumbs upping this to the fullest possible extent.

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    That's amazing duder. Great job!

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    The song version completly amazed me. Congrats!

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    #14  Edited By eladren

    Fantastic, i can picture him literally rolling in the floor from laughing -"this is the greatest, dumbest thing"- he cries

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    This is pretty awesome. Good job!

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    #16  Edited By Yummylee

    Wait, why would you bump this again when you already made a new thread for it anyway?

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    @yummylee: Sorry. I figured I'd give this thread closure. Didn't really think that through fully in retrospect.

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